Churn



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A. EH MOREY.

CHURN. No. 35,694. Patented Jan. 25, 1887,

nrnn S'rnrns Artnr @einena AMOS F. MOREY, 0F ASHLAND, KANSAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,694, dated January 25, 1887,

Application filed August 3l, 1886.

To all whom if; may concern:

Be ithnown that I, Anios F. MOREY, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Clarke and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and nsefnl'lmprove ments in Glinrns; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this speci` ication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure lof the drawings is a sectional elevation of my improved churn; Fig. 2, a detail view in perspective of the lower end of the dashershaft with the dasher-bladcs removed, and Fig. 3 a similar view with the dasherblades connected thereto.

The present invention has relation to that class of cbnrns provided with what is termed a compound dashershaftj7 wherein the npper end of the shaft enters a sleeve in which is located a spiral sp1-ing, said sleeve being eonnected to the driving mechanism and the shaft rotated with the sleeve by a coupling between the two, consisting of pins projecting laterally from the shaft and passing throngh elon gated slots in the sleeve.

The object-ion to the above construction was the necessity of removing the pin before the dasher-shait could be nnconpled when it was desired to remove the dasbershaft from the churn-cylinder.

lt is the object of my invention to improve the construction of the above class of dashershafts, whereby the same can be removed from the Chnrneylinder without the necessity of removing the conplingpins, thereby avoiding the danger of the pins being lost or mislaid; and a further object of the invention is to improve the construction of the flasher-head and blades, as will be hereinafter described, and subseqnentl y pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the frame consists of suitable standards, A, which support the top B, said top and standards constituting the frame of the machine. rEhe frame of the machine, however, may be of any desirable form or construction which may be found best adapted to the purpose, the top B- having brackets a for supporting the shaft b, to which is connected the driving gear-Wheel C,

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, said shaft having a suitable handle, c, for turning it. The teeth of the gear-wheel G mesh With those ofapinion, d, said pinion being connected to a short shaft, which has its upper endjournaled in the top B of the frame in any suitable manner. rIhe lower end of this shaft e is formed with asochet,f, and an annular iiange, g, whereby the shaft is supported by means ofthe bracket la.. The socket f is squareor of irregular shape on its interior to correspond with the shape of the upper end of a rod, D, to prevent it from turning independent of the Shaft e, and to be carried with it when said shaft revolves. This rod D has laterally-extending pins which project through elongated slots It in the hollow flasher-shaft E, said shaft extending through the cover F of the churn cylinder G, and has located Within it a spiral spring, H, which supports the lower end of the rod D.

The lower end of the dashershaft E is provided With a head, I, said head being concave on its foursides, as shown at Z, and has curved mortises m, for attaching thereto the curved dasher-blades K, of either metal or wood.

The peculiar shape of the dasherblades forni buckets to lift the cream from the bottom of the churn and keep it continually agitated against the upper and inner sides of the churncylinder.

"When the cylinder has been supplied with cream, the shaft b is turned by means ot' the handle c, carrying with it the large gear-Wheel G,which, meshing with the teeth ol' the pinion d, will turn the short shaft e and carry with it the rod D, and by means of the pins fzextending through the slots It the hollow dasher-shaf t E will be turned with it.

The spring H allows the hollow shaft E to yield in a vertical direction to a slight degree and at the same time keeps the lower end of the dasher-head l engaged with the stationary pivot n on the bottom of the churn-cylinder.

lVhen it is desired to remove the dashei1A shaft, it is not necessary to remove the coupling-pins i, but by simply7 pressing down the rod D by means of the pin until the upper end of the shaft is disengaged from the socket f the dasber-shaft with the rod may be lifted out of the churn-cylinder.

The standards A are ol iron, enabling the ICO 1o concave and formed with vertical mortises, of

concavo-convex dasher-blades seated in said kmortises, suitably attached thereto and flush with the parallel face of the flasher-head, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a churn, a driving gear-wheel and a piniony engaging therewith and irregularshaped socket formed 0n the pinion and having an annular bearingfange by which it is supported in operative position by a bracket, in combination with a hollow and slotted dasher-shaft, a coiled spring located therein, and a rod engaging with the shaft and socket and provided with pins extending through slots in the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

AMOS F. MOREY. Witnesses:

P, A. SCROGIN, E E. TAYLOR. 

